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Schiff Threatens Republicans: Don’t Criticize the Whistleblower During Public Impeachment Hearings or Else
Towhall, November 12, 2019
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff is threatening Republican lawmakers ahead of the first public impeachment inquiry hearing on Wednesday and warning that any criticism of the whistleblower could prompt an Ethics Committee investigation. Schiff is also going out of his way to protect the Bidens from scrutiny.
“As explained in my November 9, 2019, response to the Ranking Member, it is important to underscore that the House’s impeachment inquiry, and the Committee, will not serve as venues for any Member to further the same sham investigations into the Bidens or into debunked conspiracies about the 2016 U.S. election interference that President Trump pressed Ukraine to undertake for his personal political benefit,” Schiff wrote in a memo to the Committee laying out the rules for the hearing. “Nor will the Committee facilitate any efforts by President Trump or his allies to threaten intimidate, or retaliate against the whistleblower who courageously and lawfully raised concerns about the President’s conduct.”
Whistleblower started Trump-Ukraine matter, framed issue in way House Dems have adopted for impeachment. Now Chairman Schiff orders GOP: Do not talk about whistleblower in impeachment hearings. If you do, you'll hear from Ethics Committee. https://t.co/SPVajnNhlp pic.twitter.com/ZKcITQDjIb
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 12, 2019
Despite Schiff’s assertions and threats, asking simple questions about bias or political connections of a whistleblower isn’t “intimidation” or “retaliation.”
Further and as Matt has detailed, there is no law that prevents the name of the whistleblower from becoming public. There’s certainly no law that prevents Republican members of Congress from talking about a whistleblower in broad or specific terms during congressional hearings. This is especially true given this “impeachment” inquiry was launched by a whistleblower — who with second hand knowledge — claimed a July 25 phone call President Trump had with Ukrainian President Zelensky was inappropriate.
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16 Comments
4 years ago
Mr Schiff is steadily painting a target on himself, and it won’t be for practice or shopping.
4 years ago
clown world indeed. personnally i wouldnt mind once it gets to the senate side that the senate forces all these clowns denied by the Dems to testify publicly, shifty, the hoaxblower, the bidens… everyone
4 years ago
4 years ago
Why does this ‘Shifty-Schiff’ have so much power. Why does it seem like he’s a one-man wrecking crew, making the rules as he sees fit. This man needs to be stopped and removed from office, hopefully crying on his way out.
4 years ago
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santashandler
the muslim and the muslim’s handlers are orchestrating this entire thing. this D-CA clown couldn’t possibly organize this kind of stalinist show trial
4 years ago
if the party of stupid (aka repubs) had a brain, they would just boycott the hearings and hold their own televised hearings elsewhere in the capitol building where they would question their witnesses. letting this CA fascist lead them around by the nose is just stupid, but then, they are repubs
4 years ago
Jeffrey Toobin is the ultimate shill: He says it could be OK for Republicans to demand to hear the testimony of “the whistle-blower” (who’s not even a whistle-blower) — IF their intent is to seek information about “the phone call.”
BUT, if their intent is simply to “demonize the whistle-blower and endanger the whistle-blower’s life, well that is NOT OK,” says Toobin. When, he knows full well, it is neither of those. Republicans want to hear testimony from the “whistle-blower to expose the skulduggery, misfeasance and perjury of the lowest scumbag ever in Congress, Adam Schitt.
The JFK administration was the Best and the Brightest; this Demonrat crew is the Worst and the Weasel-ist.
4 years ago
FUK shitforbrains!!!!
4 years ago
In today’s hearing Shiff says he doesn’t know the name of the Whistle Blower.
If Schiff doesn’t know the name of the Whistle Blower how can he criticize anyone naming or speaking about the Whistle Blower?
Even Leftist Fact Check sites are now saying Schiff is lying.
In the absence of balance and Constitutional fairness this impeachment Comedy is looking more like the Mad Hatters Tea party than any sane inquiry….and Schiff complete with crazy eyes and his Fatuous reasoning is emblematic of the fictional Mad Hatter while he and sleepy door mouse Pelosi press on in fear of their Queen of Tarts…Hillary.
4 years ago
Or else, WHAT, pencil-necked GEEEK ??!!
4 years ago
Reply to
ed
No one protected Snowden or many others, and let their names out and publicly hurt them. I hate what has happened to our country.
4 years ago
Unless the anonymous whistle-blower presents testimony, all accusations are based on HEARSAY, therefore inadmissible. .
4 years ago
THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET REAL AND WHILE THE CAMERAS ARE GOING PROTEST SHIFTY SCHIFF! IF WORSE COMES TO WORSE, THEY SHOULD JUST GET UP AS A GROUP AND WALK OUT OF THE HEARINGS WHEN HE GETS LIKE THAT! WHAT WOULD HE DO IF ALL THE REPUBLICANS JUST QUIT WORKING WITH HIM? WOULD ANYTHING BE ANY WORSE? WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE AT IT-THEY SHOULD ENCOURAGE COUNSELORS TO TALK TO HIS KIDS & SEE IF HE IS A MOLESTER BECAUSE HE REALLY, REALLY LOOKS LIKE ONE! I READ WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS—BET HE REALLY LIKES THOSE KIDS!
4 years ago
Or else what? He going to hold his breath until he turns blue or rant and rave needlessly. Oh wait, he already does that so ? Maybe he will take his tiny balls and go home, perhaps.what eve it takes to shut this pencil neck geek up.
4 years ago
Does he mean the lying piece of excrement whose name he does not know? If he does not know his name, how will the other lying piece of excrement know to whom you are referring? This has gone way past ridiculous. Way past Bizzaro world.(For you old Superman fans) I want to see the useless republicans call the two “Russians” shifty Schiff spoke to about getting naked pictures of Trump. Talk about Russian collusion!
